ACTIVIDAD INTERACTIVA: ríos de España.

ACTIVIDAD INTERACTIVA: RÍOS DE ESPAÑA

Water on Canary Islands and Balearic Islands

CANARY ISLANDS: Due to climate and landscape there are not permanent rivers on the Canary Islands. But sometimes there are heavy rains or a tropical storm, then ravines are formed. But during much of the year it is dry.

BALEARIC ISLANDS: The landscape and climate of the Balearic Islands prevent the formation of permanent rivers. Torrents are fast-owing streams of water that occur when it rains heavily. They begin in steep mountains and are very erosive.Most of the torrents form in the Tramuntana Range. They usually only carry water when it rains.

ACTIVITIES: investigation (cómo influye el clima y el relieve en la hidrología de los archipiélagos - elige investigar sobre uno de los dos archipiélagos).

rivers glossary

SOURCE - The start of a river.

MOUTH - The end of a river.

CHANNEL - The area between the river banks where the water flows.

BASIN - The area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries.

TRIBUTARY - A stream or river that feeds into a larger river or lake.

STREAM -  small, narrow river.

ESTUARY - The area where rivers spread out. Occurs near or at the mouth of a river, where the tide meets the current and the fresh and salt waters mix.

SILT - Tiny pieces of sand or rocks. These are dropped by the river when the current is slow. Usually near the mouth.

DELTA - An area of sediment built up at the mouth of a river.

DISCHARGE - Amount of water flowing in a river per second in a particular place.

LENGTH - The distance between the source and the mouth of a river.

REGIME - The discharge of a river during certain time, usually durina a year.

STEEP- the uneven route of the river is high.

RAVINE- A long, deep narrow gully formed by running water.

ACTIVITIES - page 30 - act. 1,3,4 / PAGE 31 - act. 5

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The watersheds of Spain

ACTIVITIES: page 42 - 6, page 43 -9.

ACTIVIDAD INTERACTIVA: costa española

Pincha en el enlace y practica tu conocimiento de la costa: cabos, golfos, archipiélagos, islas...

COSTA ESPAÑOLA - ACTIVIDAD INTERACTIVA

Spanish coastline

Reading unit 2: healthy water.

Editorial Santillana, Social Science 6.

the Spanish coastline

The coastline of peninsular Spain is classified into the Atlantic coastline and the Mediterranean coastline.

We can divide Atlantic coastline into: Cantabrian coast, Galician Atlantic coast and Andalucian Atlantic coast.

The Mediterranean coastline is divided into Southern Mediterranean Coast and Western Mediterranean Coast.

The coasts of Ceuta and Melilla are bathed by the Mediterranean Sea. The coast of Ceuta is low, but that of Melilla has cliffs. The coast of the Balearic Islands is high with many coves.

The coasts of the Canary Islands are bathed by the Mediterranean Sea and have both sandy beaches and cliffs.

The shapes of the coast depend on the relief of the land, the tides and erosion.

PAGE 24 - activity 2, PAGE 25 - activity 3 (investigate, volunteer)

introduction unit 2: recycling

page 23, activity 4. Make a poster with tips that you would find when you arrive to a beach